Algiers have been one of the most progressive and forward thinking groups of the past years and they are a tremendous live experience. So when a band like this launches a remix competition I’m naturally interested but I was especially scared this time. How do you approach a tune like their latest single “Irreversible Damage”, a chaotic and twisted political call to arms… one that even features the legendary Zack de la Rocha? 

Luckily that pumping acid bassline provided a bit guidance for me. My remix ended up being a bit faster, louder and more twisted than what I usually do, following the disturbing character of the original. It became a good outlet for my frustration - in a similar way the music of https://soundcloud.com/algiers often provides. They got a new album called “Shook” ready which drops on February 24 … plus they are probably playing a town near you this spring so make sure to catch them live.

Irreversible Damage Remix Competition

Algiers - Irreversible Damage (Burnout Sumner's Seen Enough Remix)

As the globalised economy churns in swells ‘neath our feet, suturing us together and tearing us apart, heads angled hellward, we bellow, Algiers!

Algiers is the danse macabre between here and nowhere, movement and stasis, order under hell, and chaos under heaven. The situation is excellent.

Algiers is a band of musicians born in Atlanta, Georgia, the rotten hub of the Ol’ American South, where W.E.B Dubois once saw a riot goin’ on, and where the hell and highwater swirls ‘round to the knees.

Holed up in our perches in London, New York and a small town in France, plague up to our necks, we conjure the dead sound to life.

The click clack of the keyboard brings us to worship. The shrieks of slaves and rebels pummeling through.

Our tongues, twisted in the service of Paul Robeson, Lee Moses, Selda Bağcan, et al, slur a call in the darkness.

Algiers is the experimental gospel noise soul pulp response, slurping Francophilia - Gainsbourg and Dutronc, Saint Just and Fanon, Badiou and Baurdillard - Black Power - Nina Simone, Public Enemy, James Baldwin, Fred Hampton, DJ Premier, and Fela Kuti – and Southern Gothic - William Faulkner, Nick Cave and Flannery O’Connor - into a stew thicker than bourguignon in the Algierian sun.

Algiers is Franklin James Fisher (b. North Carolina, l. NYC) / vocals, guitar, keys, programming, and percussion; Ryan Mahan (b. Georgia, l. London) / vocals, bass and percussion; and Lee Tesche (b. Georgia, l. London) / guitar, vocals, programming, and percussion.

From Balearic beats to euphoric house to something else. Tune in for retro-futuristic feelgood vibrations, bound together by eternal rave spirit. The house of Burnout Sumner is open to all like-minded humans who enjoy soulful and funky vibes as much as I do. ❋

Open to DJ bookings, mixtape production and connecting with fellow disco friends at ► burnout@messcalledmusic.com

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Telling stories through sound and music. This is an onging mixtape project - from music lovers for music lovers, curated by https://soundcloud.com/burnout-sumner along with friends and admired artists. ♥

Meant as an alternative to the fast-paced, algorithm-driven age of playlists this is an in-depth journey into hand-picked music and sound-driven storytelling. ♫